Last Sunday, I woke up at 6:30 a.m., threw a change of clothes and four granola bars into my backpack, and took an Uber to a train station north of Boston. The morning was cold and dark. I walked around […]
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While my take on the year comes next week, let’s first hear what the No Depression photographers have to say. Just as they had a devil of a time selecting a single perfomance of the year, it was difficult to […]
[Note: A full Spanish-language translation of this article appears below, following my English text. Jeannie Allen greatly contributed to the research for this story with her Spanish language skills and love of good music.] Trova music–with its off-shoots filin and […]
In the interests of transparency, I have to admit that I’ve known Sally Mann Romano, off and on, for a very long time. We first brushed wings (or shoulders or possibly leather trousers) in the insane world of rock and […]
Last summer I saw Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in concert before I had a chance to listen to their Downey to Lubbock album, and I was pretty surprised when they pulled out an artifact from the ’60s, well known as […]
Sometimes there’s nothing more cutting edge than looking back, bringing voices from the past into into today’s conversation in hopes of a better tomorrow. That’s the idea behind Song of Our Native Daughters, a new project from Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla […]
Los-Angeles based singer/songwriter Jess Weimer has released an eerie and brooding single, “Glass Tower.” A striking combination of elements of rock, pop, and alternative, the moody track tells a frustrating tale of greed and superficiality, a toxic culture that is […]
X, the punk rock legends from Los Angeles, have been celebrating with their fans for several years during the holiday season touring up and down the West Coast. Featuring the original lineup of John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and […]
When I was a child, I was lucky to have parents who encouraged me to listen to all kinds of music, as they themselves had always done. There was a magical record shop called The Record Exchange in the one […]
Though Stephen Stills and a handful of other musicians have spoken reverently for decades about the music of the late reclusive 1960s singer-songwriter Fred Neil, Neil has remained unknown to most music fans. His life was largely a mystery after […]
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